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Investment Info:
Single-family residence fix & flip investment.
Purchase price: $85,000
Cash invested: $4,000
Sale price: $176,000
Short sale. Live-in Flip. Held for 2 years to avoid capital ...
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Hey family,I purchased a rental property in 2016 under my own name for $135,000. The home is now worth $225,000 and I plan to sell it in the next six months. My plan is to use the profit to pay off the mortgage on m...
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So I found a way to avoid the double transfer tax by utilizing 1. an option contract 2. a notice of option contract and 3. an option termination agreement instead of a purchase agreement with the seller. You act as ...
I have an owner who is interested in selling a building to me but wants to identify another property before he signs a contract (to avoid a large tax hit of $100K+). Obviously the easiest route would be to find him a ...
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Hello
As you would have guessed by the subject, I am not a US citizen. I would like to invest in the RE sector of the US economy but all the research that I have read on the internet points to foreigners payi...
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I have two companies, one for real estate investment which is a LLC and one for home construction which is S Corp, just call them A and B. B takes remodeling project for A, how to handle them wisely to save taxes? e.g...
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I'm negotiating a land contract for a 10 unit apartment building. The seller is concerned about taxes so we may structure multiple balloon payments over a 5 year period.
However, if he went an obtained a commercial ...
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As I continue researching the world of real estate investing and with the IRS April 15th date still fresh, I thought I would share this great article by Raleigh-Durham CPA, Kevin Bassett, who specializes in real estat...
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hi allI would love to get some perspective from your expertise, we have a property that we would have to sell in 2025 to avoid paying taxes on the capital gains, we believe we can sell it for $700K and get an equity o...
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